Parasite manipulation of host behavior.
Curr Biol
; 29(2): R45-R47, 2019 01 21.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30668944
Some parasites have evolved the ability to precisely control the behavior of animals in ways that enhance the transmission of parasite genes into the next generation. This is the concept of the 'extended phenotype' first conceived by Richard Dawkins in 1982. It states that the behavior we observe in animals is due not only to the expression of their genes, but also to the genes of parasites infecting them. In such cases, the behavior is an extended phenotype of the parasite.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parasites
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Phenotype
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Behavior, Animal
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Host-Parasite Interactions
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United kingdom